About the job Founding GTM - San Francisco, CA - $100K-$150K
Location: San Francisco, CA (in-person, 5 days a week)
Compensation: $100,000 - $150,000 base, plus 0.1%-0.4% equity
Join a fast-growing AI-native recruiting platform as its Founding GTM hire, building the entire growth function from zero to one and working directly with the CEO.
What You'll Own
- Own how the company is understood and narrated across the market, including founder social presence, website messaging, case studies, and brand voice
- Build and scale growth programs on both sides of a two-sided marketplace, including referral systems, reactivation campaigns, and lifecycle marketing loops
- Design and execute outbound strategy and demand generation, including messaging, sequencing, targeting, paid acquisition, and CAC optimization
- Own product launches and events end-to-end, from positioning and copy through cross-channel coordination
- Build systems and processes that compound over time, turning a placement-driven business into something that grows itself
What You'll Bring
- Sharp writing skills, able to draft founder content, website copy, outbound sequences, and campaign messaging with a consistent voice
- A high agency mindset, able to take an ambiguous brief and turn it into a running motion without heavy direction
- Startup velocity, moving fast, figuring things out, and genuinely energized by building from scratch
- Comfort owning many relationships at once, with genuine enthusiasm for the problem space and the ability to connect narrative work to real demand generation metrics
- Willingness to work in person in San Francisco, 5 days a week, at startup intensity
Nice to Have
- Growth, marketing, or GTM experience at an early-stage startup, or founding experience building something yourself
- Hands-on experience with paid acquisition platforms and performance metrics
- Familiarity with marketplaces or two-sided platform dynamics
- A background in or familiarity with the recruiting industry
This is a true zero-to-one founding seat with direct access to the CEO, full ownership of the growth function, and outsized influence on how a fast-growing company tells its story.